Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-01-05
THE SOUTH IN WINTER.

We take the liberty of making use of
the following extracts from a private letter
written us by Frank Bishop, of Milwau-
kee, and we'll known here, who is sojourn-
ing in the South for the benefit of bis
health It will be inferred from the tone
OF the letter that there are worse condi-
tons in lie to encounter than to have TO
remain ia the North over winter and put
up with the enjoyments of good com
Portable home:
ATLANTA, Georgia. Dec 80. 1886
During good portion; Of our vt v here
the weather has been very severe and
with the cold we were treated with wplve
inches snow on the level, something very
unusual for this section OF the countrv
Old Dame Nature. however, seems to
have repented for her severity and for
the last couple weeks has given us the
most delightful weather imaginable
jus. like our Indian summers Of the
North, 80 warm and plea .ant that over
coats were entirely superfuous. The
winters down here are said TO be very
short and mild; and judging from he
generally lean, lank and cadavernus
appearance of the great majority os the
'natives." | can only conclude that the
winters are entirely too mild and The
summers too long to be conducive to the
production of good, strong physical can
situations The continued warmth seems
to have an enervating effect. and. hence.
the want OF energy, enterprise and thrift
which seems to pervade throughout the
South.
People here have become somewhat
acquainted with the general prosperity
and pluck of their Northern cousins; not
only that, but resort to all means Ia their
power to draw Northern capital down
here to invest in developing the msnifnld
resources OF the country. They want big
manufacturing establishments to convert
their cotton into the manufactured arti-
Gle. They want to have their immense
deposits of iron, coal ard marble to be
developed so they can send these products
to all parts Of the country, reaping rich
bar vest of shekels as a return for their
labor. The mineral sources of the South
are simply immense and the time will
come sooner or later, when she will make
this latent power felt throughout the
land
No South for me, however; give me the
bracing air of a more northern latitude;
an air that will develop muscular
strength and activity, good appetite and
a clear mind
We were at farm house near Marietta
during our first two weeks stay, but the
premature cold weather soon froze US out
SO we were compelled to seek more COM
Portable quarters in this great city of At
lanta-this great city of smoke. dirt and
business enterprise-the principal pro-
auctions of which are smoke, red clay
and negroes, in about even quantities.
The boom seems to be aDou: at a stand
still at the presen; time. A feg business
house. and some residences are "for rent"
with no applicants. There are no new
business blocks in process of erection
and the indisputable indications are that
the supply is fully up to the demand.
both as regards business as well as private
buildings.
The trip, thus far, has been failure,
owing to the continued sickness, discotn-
forts and inconvenience with which we
have had to contend since our advent
here. No! the next time go South for
health, ETC., etc., I'll simply stay at home
and take that solid comfort which can
onlg be found in the North. One can,
of course, find good accommodations at
very few of the largest Southern hotels
at exhorb;tant rates, but that would be
no place for family. Let US get home
again this time and I'll never commit
such sin again.